Kip Jones

KIP JONES, an American by birth, has been studying and working in the UK for more than 19 years. Under the umbrella term of 'arts-based research', his main efforts have involved developing tools from the arts and humanities for use by social scientists in research and its impact on a wider public or a Perfomative Social Science.

Jones is Reader in Performative Social Science and Director of the Centre for Qualitative Researchat Bournemouth University. Kip has produced films and written many articles for academic journals and authored chapters for books on topics such as masculinity, ageing and rurality, and older LGBT citizens. His ground-breaking use of qualitative methods, including biography and auto-ethnography, and the use of tools from the arts in social science research and dissemination are well-known.

Jones acted as Author and Executive Producer of the award-winning short film, RUFUS STONE, funded by Research Councils UK. The film is now available for free viewing on the Internet and has been viewed by more than 13,000 people in 150 countries.

Areas of expertise• Close relationships, culture and ethnicity• Social psychology, sociology• Ageing, self and identity• Interpersonal processes, personality, individual differences, social networks, prejudice and stereotyping• Sexuality and sexual orientation• Creativity and the use of the arts in Social Science

Media experienceHis work has been reported widely in the media, including:BBC Radio 4,BBC TV news,Times Higher Education, Sunday New York Times, International Herald-Tribune and The Independent.

Thursday, 27 August 2015

Sage Publications' Social Science Space has published an article
highlighting the impressive impact of Bournemouth's research-based
film, RUFUS STONE. The web-based publication stated, "The film’s impact
in sheer numbers and geographic reach is breath-taking". RUFUS STONE has
recently achieved 10,000 views in 150 countries via Vimeo on the
Internet. Social Science Space continues: "The medium of film itself opens doors to audiences that otherwise would never come across academic research".
The
award-winning, short film, based entirely on research carried out at
Bournemouth University on older people in terms of isolation and
connectivity, rurality and sexuality, was funded by Research Councils UK as part of the New Dynamics of Ageing national programme of research on ageing in 21st Century Britain.

Thursday, 20 August 2015

The award-winning, short film, RUFUS STONE, based entirely on research carried
out at Bournemouth University on older people in terms of isolation and connectivity,
rurality and sexuality, and funded by Research
Councils UK, has been available for viewing on Vimeo on the Internet since
early this year.

As of today, more
than 10,000 people worldwide in 150 countries have viewed the film for free.

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Project Lead, Executive Producer and Author of RUFUS STONE, Dr. Kip Jones remarked,
“The bidding process took three years, the research a further three; writing
and producing the film another year. The film has been seen widely in community
and academic settings nationally and internationally since and is used by many
practitioners and service providers in their trainings, including Alzheimer’s
UK nationally. What I am saying is that substantial research and its
dissemination takes time, but has a ‘long tail.’ In most cases, patience and
perseverance are the keys to meaningful, in-depth impact”.

Plans continue to spread the use of the film and collect stories
of its use and effect. An event being held on Saturday, 7 November at
Bournemouth, “Pathways to Impact: Part
Deux!” under the auspices of the ESRC Festival of Social Science will
do just that. Participants who attended two previous events at BU around LGBT
issues and ageing and the use of the film and a “Method Deck” learning tool will
be invited back for a day of sharing at BU. We will ask them to elaborate on
their experiences with the tools and give us feedback for an impact case study
around concerns of older gay and lesbian citizens in the community.

Drs Lee-Ann
Fenge and Kip Jones are organising the Event with the help of BU’s ESRC Festival
of Social Science team led by Naomi Kay and assistance from FHSS’s
Impact Champion, Zoe Sheppard. Jones and Fenge are both members of the newly
configured Social Work and Social
Sciences Department in the Faculty of
Health & Social Sciences (FHSS). Jones is also aligned with the Faculty of Media & Communication.

'Kip Jones brings the genre of what he calls performative social sciences forward with wide-ranging theoretical, academic, and artistic products in a various media that takes up how social scientists can use art for investigation and dissemination.'

About Me

I am an expert in biographic narrative intperpretive method and performative social science.

My greatest strength is my ability to get people involved—even excited—about the possibilities of creative human interactions, knowledge-sharing and the potential of qualitative social science endeavours.

An American by birth, I have been studying and working in the UK for the past 15 years and travelling throughout Europe to learn and engage. Part of my work has involved developing tools from the arts and humanities for use by social scientists in dissemination of qualitative data.

Recognition

What they say at JISC:Kip’s blog, ‘KIPWORLD’, covers a wide range of topics from advice on writing a PhD thesis to insight into his creative process. He regularly uses his blog, Facebook and Twitter to share his research (with) others. Kip also contributes to the LSE Impact blog, LSE Review of Books, Discover Society, Sociological Imagination, Creative Quarter, The Creativity Post and the Bournemouth University Research Blog.

Creative Commons

Watch RUFUS STONE now!

Watch award-winning, research-based short biopic, RUFUS STONE live on the Internet.
“This film is as good as most Oscar-nominated shorts, and vastly superior to many. In my opinion, it is just about as good as a short film gets.” –Patricia Leavy, The Qualitative Report
Nominated for the AHRC Anniversary Prize for Research in Film, the Jury remarked:'Beautifully made, lyrical and moving and packs a complete narrative arc into its short span.'

5 Minutes with Kip Jones

Kip Jones at LSE Literary Fest

Kip Jones was a member of the panel at the LSE Review of Books hosted event as part of the 5th LSE Space for Thought Literary Festival, entitled, "Beyond the Book: new forms of academic communication". Kip spoke on “Performative Social Science: What it is and how it started” then joined the panel for a lively Q&A session. A podcast of the event is now available.